| Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Cavuto hosts NY Post's Crudele to advance Census hiring falsehoods
On Your World, Neil Cavuto and the New York Post's John Crudele repeatedly falsely suggested that the Census Bureau is hiring, firing, and rehiring workers to artificially boost national employment figures, despite the fact that they acknowledged not having evidence that this is true. In doing so, Cavuto and Crudele distorted both Census' hiring practices and how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) gathers jobs figures. Read More After criticizing Obama for lacking emotion, right-wing now attacks Obama for seeking "ass to kick" over spill
Right-wing media have rushed to attack President Obama for responding to criticism that he spends too much time consulting experts rather than "kick[ing some butt]" by saying, "I want to know whose ass to kick." Many conservative media figures previously hyped criticism that Obama lacked emotion in his response to the oil spill. Read More Will Fox allow Bill O'Reilly to help Newsmax sell its financial products?
The right-wing website Newsmax has enlisted Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to headline its upcoming "Economic Crisis Summit." Previous Newsmax "summits" have not been "summits" at all, but rather thinly disguised infomercials in which Newsmax stoked viewers' fears of economic collapse to drive sales of its financial-services products. Read More Is Obama "Urkel" or "Carlton Banks"? Media conservatives respond to "ass to kick" comment
Right-wing media figures have responded to President Obama's remarks about finding out "whose ass to kick" in regard to the Gulf oil spill by saying that Obama has gone "street" and gone "a little gangsta" and by comparing him to fictional characters Steve Urkel and Carlton Banks. Read More | 
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